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Brown signs bill to allow children more than two legal parents
Source: LA Times

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that will allow children in California to have more than two legal parents, a measure opposed by some conservative groups as an attack on the traditional family.

Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said he authored the measure to address the changes in family structure in California, including situations in which same-sex couples have a child with an opposite-sex biological parent.

The law will allow the courts to recognize three or more legal parents so that custody and financial responsibility can be shared by all those involved in raising a child, Leno said.

"Courts need the ability to recognize these changes so children are supported by the adults that play a central role in loving and caring for them," Leno said. "It is critical that judges have the ability to recognize the roles of all parents so that no child has to endure separation from one of the adults he or she has always known as a parent."

Star Member movonne (9,514 posts)
3. I love Jerry Brown...and Calif. is doing very well under

his governing..

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 04:17 PM

Star Member Voice for Peace (9,363 posts)
8. seems like he is on a roll..

go California!

Only one negative reaction:

itsrobert (9,405 posts)
7. Looks like an opening to immigration fraud

An US citizen aunt can become a legal parent and petition for her nephrew/niece (now her child) to become a permanent resident. Once the child becomes 18 and a citizen, that child can petition for his/her other parents. Thereby cutting the immigration lines in front of people who are waiting for years and years.

" California careens into the familial apocalypse
Because California has so much extra time to spend on frivolous gay drama, Gov. Jerry Brown decided to take a break from his hard work on CoveredCalifornia -- the health exchange that is shockingly not functioning as planned -- to sign a bill making it possible for there to be three legal parents for children.

The LGBT lobby is gradually destroying the social fabric of the state of California. Rampant surrogacy contracts, babies for sale, same-sex parenting pushed to unconscionable extremes, schools telling children they are born gay and the state making it unlawful to help them change their mind even if they want to, boys showering with girls and girls showering with boys by state order, and now, children doomed to the fiction of coming from three gametes."

From Robert Oscar Lopez:
The LGBT lobby is gradually destroying the social fabric of the state of California. Rampant surrogacy contracts, babies for sale, same-sex parenting pushed to unconscionable extremes, schools telling children they are born gay and the state making it unlawful to help them change their mind even if they want to, boys showering with girls and girls showering with boys by state order, and now, children doomed to the fiction of coming from three gametes."

That isn't the question. The question is if a child with three or four parents should have legal recognition for those parents, recognition which secures rights and responsibilities. The answer to that question is yes. I can't imagine how you could view it otherwise.

So would this apply to the children of serial polygamists aka heterosexual married (for now) couples?

Originally Posted by Novaheart

That isn't the question. The question is if a child with three or four parents should have legal recognition for those parents, recognition which secures rights and responsibilities. The answer to that question is yes. I can't imagine how you could view it otherwise.

In other words, prior societal breakdowns now justify current and future ones. The advent of "no-fault" divorce turned marriage into a revolving door, with California leading the way. Now, we continue the trend with polygamy.